Symphonieorchester Bern

Symphonieorchester Bern & Mario Venzago – Schubert: Symphony in E Major (D 729), Overture “Fierabras” (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:48 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Prospero Classical

Recently, the E major Symphony has often been counted as Schubert’s 7th symphony. Unlike his other symphonic fragments, the Symphony in E major exists in a complete draft from the first to the last bar in all four movements. More recently, the symphony became accessible to a wider public again in the completed version by Brian Newbould (1982). Now the Austrian composer Richard Dünser, together with the conductor Mario Venzago, has presented a new version of the symphony fragment. The less inspired middle movements have been replaced by supplemented drafts from the year of Schubert’s death. The result: a «new» great symphony by Schubert with a playing time of over 40 minutes; an original and gripping work that immediately convinces with its idiomatic and formal unity.

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